Wednesday, October 29, 2014

ISIS: America's mercenary task force

Generally historical revision takes place long after events unfold and
the victors attempt to bury humiliating or inconvenient truths. Today,
in the age of information, these would-be victors are finding it
increasingly necessary to revise history in real-time through a strategy
of increasingly repetitive, but decreasingly effective propaganda.

Phase I: Justifying Chaos

It was only in 2007 that US foreign policy openly sought to pursue war
against Iran, Syria, and Lebanon's Hezbollah, while undercutting
pro-Iranian factions in Iraq which at the time the US was still
occupying. Failing to accomplish this directly, the US planned a
not-so-covert proxy war that would include funding, politically backing,
and even arming groups ranging from the Muslim Brotherhood to militants
aligned with Al Qaeda itself.

To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush
Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in
the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has cooperated with
Saudi Arabia's government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations
that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is
backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine
operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these
activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that
espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and
sympathetic to Al Qaeda.

Hersh would also go on to chronicle American political and financial
support that was being provided to the Muslim Brotherhood, even then
under then US President George Bush. In all, the supposedly
"spontaneous" uprisings referred to by the Western media as the "Arab
Spring" in 2011 were being engineered years ahead of time - not in an attempt to promote peaceful pro-democratic aspirations, but to serve as cover for ultra-violent foreign-backed insurrections that would leave a trail of destruction stretching along Africa's northern coast, all the way to the borders of Iran, Russia, and even China.

Phase II: The War

After denying any role in the "Arab Spring" unrest, the US would soon
not only openly support the protesters in the streets, but also support armed militants that followed in the wake of protests. This support included that of a military dimension - with
militants in Libya being provided aircover and special forces
initially, to eventually the air-dropping of weapons, equipment, and
other supplies.

US Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) would even travel to the terrorist
capital of Libya - Benghazi - and offer US support in person. He would
stand literally upon the footsteps of Benghazi's courthouse where Al
Qaeda rallies would be held shortly after, promising weapons to men who would later slaughter a US ambassador in that very city.

After the destruction of Libya's government amid NATO's intervention, Benghazi would serve as a terrorist epicenter where weapons, cash, and fighters were being staged before being sent to NATO-member Turkey and then to fight in northern Syria.
Among these terrorists were seasoned militants of the Libyan Islamic
Fighting Group (LIFG), an official Al Qaeda franchise in North Africa.
One of their leaders, Abdelhakim Belhadj would eventually find himself
in power in Tripoli after the collapse of the Libyan government, and
even have his photograph taken with Senator McCain.

Predictably, as NATO shifted resources and attention from the overthrow
of Libya to the overthrow of Syria, the conflict aimed at Damascus
escalated. It did not however succeed. Instead, the West found itself in
a protracted proxy war in which its role in arming, aiding, and
abetting hardcore sectarian extremists became increasingly obvious.

Phase III: The "Rise" of ISIS

Clearly, the rise of the so-called "Islamic State" or ISIS, did not happen overnight, nor by accident. It
was not only the logical result of the United States continuing its
strategy of proxy warfare it had carried out against Libya, now
unfolding in Syria, it was also the premeditated, documented result of
what veteran journalist Seymour Hersh had warned about in 2007.

It is a threat that not only Syria understands all too well, but a threat its allies including Iraq, Iran, and Russia fully understand and are mobilizing against.

The US has found itself revising history, attempting to explain the
existence of ISIS lurking in the footprints of its massive support of
so-called "moderates" in Syria's ongoing conflict. The US has attempted
to claim ISIS has built itself on "donations," selling oil to the black
market, and by taking hostages for ransom. If only building a
multinational terrorist mercenary force was that easy, we could imagine
Syria, Iraq, and Iran would likewise have vast mercenary armies to
outmatch ISIS in an afternoon.

The reality is, to explain how the US and its regional partners have
provided "moderates" with billions in aid only to have ISIS rise up and
displace these "moderates," we must realize that there were never any "moderates" to begin with,
and that the US intentionally armed and funded terrorists, just as
Hersh warned in 2007, to create a terrorist mercenary army that
"espouses a militant vision of Islam" and is "sympathetic to Al Qaeda."

ISIS didn't displace the "moderates," the truth of what America has done
in the Middle East has displaced the lies the West has been telling the
public starting in 2011 at the height of the so-called "Arab Spring."

It is essential that people around the world continue to spread this this truth faster than the West can spread its chaos.

Quotes

"There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach us anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul." Jose Harris

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